All Stretton Halt railway station

All Stretton
General information
LocationAll Stretton, Shropshire
England
Coordinates52°33′03″N 2°47′35″W / 52.5507°N 2.7931°W / 52.5507; -2.7931
Grid referenceSO462950
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Key dates
29 February 1936Station opened
4 January 1943Station closed
6 May 1946Station reopened
9 June 1958Station closed

All Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton in the English county of Shropshire.

History

Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, the line through All Stretton became a joint Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway line during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Church Stretton
Line and station open 		  Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway   Leebotwood
Line open, station closed

The site today

Trains continue to run on the Welsh Marches Line. Nothing remains of the halt. The nearest station to All Stretton is now at Church Stretton, a mile to the south.

See also

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map